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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-04-14
AN INSANE MOTHER.
Her Strange story Concerning tho
Disappearance of Her Son.


Her Strange story Concerning tho
Disappearance of Her Son.
Mrs Humbaugh, widow, has become In.
sane and Is now In the hospital at tho all nj
l. fayotte, Ind.
Some days ago her ten year old boy dis.
appotred. IL was at Grst thought that tho
lad, who was pretty tough for one OF his years,
had run away, but during the last few days
the woman has talked almost incessantly
about her son, At times asking what woul
be done to her for killing him. at others say
Ing that strange man came In tho night and
murdered him, threatening D. kill her II sue
ever told, and that the next day she took tho
body to remote spot and buried IT,
Many fear that tho mother may have killed
tho boy, in moment OF insanity, and bur.
iod him. Searching parties have looked az
over the place, dragging tho streim and eK~
amined tho cistern. but eau and no trace oi
tho boy.
This story was related at n meeting Of
sorosis the other day by lady in VIII sc
'amily II occurred small boy was
desired TO look up the word anonymous
and use IT, In a sentence. He found the
meaning 10 be "withont name" and
lac therefore handed the following 10
his happy parent Mamma has given ms
q new baby II 10 anonymous"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-04-14

AS every thread of gold is valuable 80
is every moment Of tina
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
LYNCHED BY INDIANIAhS.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct. 90
Early this morning a mob of abour
two hundred men made an assault
on the Jail at Delphi, Carroll coun
ty, the purpose being to secnre the
person of Amer Green, who il
charged with numbering Miss
Luella Mabbltt. Green had until
Wednesday been confined IN the
prison at Michigan City, as a pre-
caution against possible lynching,
but on that day was brought to
Delphi, where bis trial was to he
held. The sheriff did not antici-
pate any trouble, and had taken
no precautions. When the assault
was made he had only one deputy
to assist him. The mob hammered
in the wooden door leading to
the residence part of the Jail,
and twenty masked and armed
men rushed in and demanded the
keys OF the jail proper. This was
refused, when a man with a sledge.
hammer and cOld-chisel broke the
locks and forced the doors. Green
wrenched off piece of water.plpe
and tried to defend himself, but
was quickly overpowered, taken
from his sell, placed in a wagon
aud driven out of town TO Walnut
Grove, seven miles east and not far
from where the murdered girl lived.
Here he was lynched. Green was
one of the most desperate criminals
that ever afflicted Indiana. 10
August, 1886, he abducted, and is
supposed to have murdered, Luella
Nabbitt, a farmers daughter. He
was captured in Texas last July
with his brother, Bill Green, also
a murderer, and both we're taken
to Michigan City for protection
against mob violence. Bill Green
is now on trial in Miami county,
and Amer's case would have come
up here tomorrow on motion for
change ofvenu.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Died On The Race Course.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 90
Col. II. A. Montgomery, president
Of the Memphis Jockey Club, fell
dead in the clubhouse just after
the second race today.
President Montgomery, with a
party of friends. had left the judges
stand and gone to the clubhouse,
where the delegates to the Water.
ways convention, now in session
here, were beiOg entertained as
guests OF the Jockey Club. FLe ie-
freshmeDt room was crowded, and
several SPORT speeches bad been
made in honor of the OCCASION
When Col. Montgomery entered
the room calls were made on HIN
for a speech. In response Colonel
Montgomery said: "Gentlemen, l
am glad to welcome you to the
grounds of the Memphis Jockey
Club. On behalf of tue members
and myself, welcome AS be ceas.
ed speaking he fell back dead in
the arms Of friend. He had died
OF heart disease.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
County Records Burned.

WHEELING, w. VA, October "a
"A fire broke out in the clothing
store OF NJ. ClyseDge, at Spencer.
the comfy seat Of ROane county,
Friday night. and in the course of
the two ensuing hours destroyed
the entire business part Of the town,
including the court house and Jail,
two cburcnes, two hotels and var.
ious other valuable buildings. The
origin of the fire cannot be ascer-
tanned. Details cannot be had for
at least another day, as the town
is fifty miles from the nearest tele.
graph Office. The county records
prior to the close of the war we're
destroyed, but those since
1867 were saved in a badly damag-
ed condition. The total loss will
reach in the nelghbOrhOOd OF $780,
900, with no insurance worth men.
tIoning. The county clerk threw
off his coat to aid in saving the
records, and when be went to find
t a blazing brand had alighted mp.
On it, and $500 in the breast pocket
" as consumed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28

NORFOLK, VA, October 25.-The
steamer Luray, which arrived from
Smith6eld this morning, brought
intelligence of a murder committed
in Isle of Wight county last even
ing. A farmer named Henry Il.
Jones shot and almost instantly
killed William Saddler, one OF the
employees upon his farm. IL Is
stated that the two men qnarreled
over the putting Of horse into the
stable, when Jones got the gun and
shot Saddler. Jones made bis es'
cape, and was seen in Smlthvllie
at twelve o'clock last night, AMI De-
fore anything was known OF the
killing. This morning officers we're
in town looking for him. Jones
is a married man, with several
children, and Saddler, who belong
ed in Southampton county, was
single.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
A Virginia Girl Deserts Her Batruihed,

A Fincastle (Va.) correspondent
OF the Lynchburg Virginidn writes
"a pretty little romance was enact
ed at a handsome farmhouse about
three miles from here last Sunday.
\ pretty and attractive brunette,
who was the belle of the neighbOr-
hood, and generally admired by all
who knew her, was entertaining a
young man Ito whom she was Ed
gagged to be married) in the parlor
OF her fathers house, last Sunday
afternoon, when another gentleman
friend called and asked her to take
a buggy ride with him. She e5cus-
ed herself from her affianced and
accepted the invitation. The young
man waited patiently, but the young
lady did not return from the drive.
but extended her trip with her new
companion to another State, where
they were quietly married, and up
on their return the young lady will
pass by the name of Mrs. Joseph
Watkins, Instead of Miss Jennie
CrOnlse, as heretofore. The u1tor-
innate young man who was left to
keep house would doubtless prefer
his name concealed, as ne is well.
known in Lynchburg."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Preparing to Hang the Anarchists.

CHICAGO, October 25.-Prepara.
tons are already being made fol-
the great anti.anarchist drama OF
the 18th of November. Already
orders have been gwen, it is said,
to the members of the Second I. n.
G.. that they will oe required to be
on duty for a full week, or perhaps
longer, prior TO November 18th, at
their armOry, or wherever else their
services may be required. The
probability is that the First Regi.
ment may he called upon to do the
same. Quite a sensation was caus.
ed to day among the inmates of the
women's department of the Jail by
an official request that they help
make the shrouds and caps to be
used at the execution of the con.
demned seven. Some of the inmates
were willing to do the work requir.
ed, and were even anxious to partci.
pate in the CHASTITY task, but others
were strongly opposed to rendering
any aid, and these formed so large
a part OF the inmates that it may
be necessary to have the work done
the Jail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
An AppeaI 10 West vlreinjans,

PARKGRsBURG. w. VA. October
25.-Tbe people Of Spencer, ia
Roaue county, have sent DOT pitt
ful appeal TO the people Of the State
Tor AID. The appeal states that
nearly all OF the business meu have
been financially ruined. tbelr bus:.
ness property and dwelling houses
being destroyed thai the public
buildings are all gone; that Il great
many families are homeless. with
out any clothing except what they
have on; that the past season has
been such a severe one on crops,
that tue neighboring farmers can
do no more than take care OF them.
selves. Many families slept out
doors on Friday and Saturday
night, and many moro ace subsist.
ing on charity. The appeal asks
aud from any part Of the State 10
money or clothing, aud requests
that it be sent to the mayor OF the
city.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
A DAY FOR THANKSGIVING.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND's PROCLA.
NATION APPOINTING THE oath
OF NOVEMBER.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S PROCLA.
NATION APPOINTING THE 24TH
OF NOVEMBER.
WASHINGTON, October 25.-The
following proclamation was issued
late this afternoon:
PROCLAMATION.
BY the PresideRtofhe United States.
The goodness and the mercy OF
God, which have followed the
American people during all the
days Of the past year, claim their
grateful recognition and humble
acknowledgement. BIZ His Omnip-
otent power He has protected us
from war and pestilence and from
every national calamity; by His
gracious favor the earth has yield
ed a generous return to the labor
OF the husbandmen, and every path
OF honest toll has led to comfort
and cOntentment; by His loving
Kindness the hearts OF our people
have been replenished with frater.
nal sentiment and patriotic endeav.
or, and by His unerrIng guidance
we have been directed IN the way
OF national prosperity.
To the end that we may, with
one accord, testify our gratitude
for all these blessings, /, Grover
Cleveland, President of the United
States, do hereby designate and
set apart Thursday, the oath day
OF November next, as a day of
thanksgiving and prayer, to be
observed by all the people of the
land. On that day let all secular
work and employment be suspend
ed, and let our people assemble 10
their accustomed places of worship,
and with prayer aud sOngso of praise,
give thanks to our Heavenly Faith
er for all that He has done for US,
while we bumbly implOre the for.
glveness Of our sins and a cOntin.
uance of His mercy.
Let families and kindred he re
united on that day, and let their
hearts, filed with kindly cheer and
affectiOnate Renaissance, be turn.
ed 10 thankfulDess to the source OF
all their pleasures aOd the Giver OF
all that makes the day glad and
joyons. And in the midst of our
worship and our happiness, let US
remember the poor, the needy and
the unfortunate, and by our gift OF
charity and ready benevoleuce lei
us increase the number of those
who, with grateful hearts, shall
JOIN in our thanksgiving.
IN witness whereof have set my
hand and caused the seal Of the
United States to be hereunto af.
fixed.
c~~, Done at the city OF
SEAL. Washington, this TWEEN.
'~~) ty.ffth day OF October,
in the year of our Lord, one thous-
aud, eight hundred and eighty
seven, and of the independence OF
the United States the one HUNDRED
and twelfth.
(Signedl GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
THOMAS +. BAYARD.
Secretary of State.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
TeTTOIIzed by Bandits.

GALVESTON, TEXAS, October 81
Starr county, alodg the border o.
Mexico, IS ~ a state OF terror. Mex
lcan bandits ride IN gangs through
the streets Of Rio Grande City and
other neighborjng Towns at night,
and officers OF the law dare DOT
show themselves. Saturday par
ty Of bandits came 10 iOwu and
mailed Two letters at the office
one to Manuel GuerrO, of Roma,
and the other to Senior DonacinO
Garcia, Of Rio Grande, notifying
them that unless they Immediately
raised $4,000 and $4,000, respec-
lively, for the bandits, their stores
would be blown to atoms with dyn.
amite. Governor Ross has Oeen
appealed to for protection, but thus
far no response has been received.
The United States cavalry located
at RlDggold Barracks, near here,
are Of no service, because OF the Of
fetal red tape necessary to move
troops from the barracks on short
notice. Before The order flOm head
quarters conld arrive. the town
might be sacked and the 6a1dits
safe in Mexico. Stage travel in
this section is OF present dangerous.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Rapnlailnn Of Fees.

The State Medical Society, last
week adopted the following aud
put it in charge of the Executive
Committee OF the Society to DO pre-,
scented TO the next Legislature for
adoption:
BE It enacted Ly the General As
semJly, That in any case where the
court of a county or city shall ap.
point a physician to attend prison.
ers confined in any of the jails of
the Commonwealth that the pay
allowed for medical attendance
shall be in accordance with the
tariff of fees adopted by the physi.
clans of the city or county ia which
said jail is located, and if there be
no printed or settled tariff the fee
shall be such as is usual and CON-
mon in that locality.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Public Speaking.

DIR. KING and Ii. III. RIDDLE
BERGER will speak in New Market
Tuesday night next.
Also at Mt. Jackson Wednesday
night.
At Lebanon Church, Saturday
night, November 9th.
tVOn Court Day, November 9TH,
DIR. KING, SAMUEL ii. BOWMAN
JACOB YOsT and II. II. RIDDLE
BERGER will speak in Woodstock
Otherappointments may be made
5y posters.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Indicted for Libel.

PETERSBURG, VA, October d.
The grand jury to-day indicted r
p. Barham, editor and publisher Of
the Daily Inder.Appeal newspaper
w. W. Evans, editor and owner OF
the Virginia Lancet, the organ OF
the colored people here. and Nessrs.
NJ. NJ. Lewis, G. Kennedy AID w.
7. Smith for criminal libel. The
prosecutor in the case is #. j. Jar.
RAFT, mayor of the city. The cuarge
against Bsrhsm Is that of publish.
ING a seroue of resolutions adopted
ut a coiored political meeting here
IN August last Vhich reflected Oh
the mayors Official conduct.
The sign.rs to the resolution were
Messrs. Lewis. Kennedy and Smith.
Lewis is . colored LAWYER here aad
a candidate for the legislature
The charge against Evans is that
OF publishinF an article which the
mayor claitns Was d burlesque on
the way in which he administers
justice 0eJssen the two races
Mayor Jar:att has brougot s0it
against the Mder. Appeal .or SO.
600 damages, trial oC which is TO
be bad in Novenber next.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
FIGHT WITH OUTLAWS.
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER 49, BID
TRAINoR'S GANG AND VIGI-
LANTES.

| LANTES,
LITTLE Rock. ARK, October
ia special to the arkansas
gazette from WawoIla. Indian
Ter: tory, ria Muskogee this eve.
Ming. says: On Thursday des-
perate fight took place on the north
fork of the Arkansas river between
Bud TraiDoPs gang of outlaws and
vigilance committee under the
leadership of Robert Henderson. a
Scotch halfbreed. which followed
then from Duckworth's store. in
the Creek Nation, on the occasion
OF the raid there on Wednesday,
1t appears that the outlaws. find.
ing out the size of the force which
was following them, decided to risk
an encounter, and made haste to
reach the river banks, where they
could find shelter behind the trees
and in the ravines which line the
banks on either side. In this they
succeeded, so that when the vigi.
lantes came up they were entirely
for a time at the mercy of two
score of men who knew not what
mercy was. Henderson then took
bis men short distance I'd the
river, where fording place could
be found then crossed and took
up position on the other side of
the stream from the outlaws, and
where his men we're as well pro-
tected as those Of Trainor's men,
The river at this point is only about
one hundred feet wide, and across
this distance from Thursday morn.
ing until Thursday night bullets
were singing on their mission OF
death. When the vlgilantes had
succeeded in this position they
iouDd they had lost three men and
Two more were seriously wounded.
AS TrainOr found the enemy in his
rear on the opposite side of the
river he sent half of his men down
the stream to cross and come Up on
the other side, fighting under the
cover OF trees. Ia this coup detdt
the, we're surprised by the aven.
ge.s, who met them half way and
opened fire upon them. checking
their course aud driving them
panlc-strckeu and Drecipltatelg
back. In eDdeavOr,ng to rally his
men Bill Chuett was killed, aud be.
fore the river could be reached
and forded, John Leecn, one Of the
robber gang, was shot off his horse,
but not killed. The fight from this
on was continued across the stream,
the banks of which were lined at
distances of about FIVE rods apart
with sharpsh OOters. No sooner
was head, arm, or any part of a
body visible on either side than a
leaden bullet was seeking to find
Judgement there. AS Thursday
night was coming on Henderson
called his men in tor consultation,
when it was found that of his force
eight men were killed outright and
eight others had received serious
though not fatal wounds. The
force was in this way reduced one
half, and it was thought best TO re.
move the wounded here and go
back home and stir up reinforce
ments. 1t is thought as many of
the outlaws were killed as of the
pursuing party, though this will
never be known. Henderson says
he will now collect a hundred
men and follow the robbers to
Hades if Necessary bat that he wiz
wipe them out.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28


If Fro Trade has done so mucf
tor England, and profession be AZ
rninoes to as, why should the Cob
den Clur be so anxious to have Il,
change oar system for hers 7 1t il
History, that under the influence Of
protection steadily maintained, rig
idly enforced for 500 years, Eng
land grew to be the power on rhc
earth /; and now, after less than
hfty years. trial of free trade, she,
is begging bread from other com.
tries, and struggling to maintain
herself for her commodities of man.
ufacture in the foreign markets,
where once she was without a rival ;
and is being threatened with sue.
cessful competition at her very
door, under the shadow of her own
factories.
It Is equally matter of History
that the United States, her daugh.
ter, q little more than enc hundred
years old, has outstripped England,
her mother, and to day stands as
not only the greatest agricultural,
hut the largest manufacturing coun-
try in the world, under the being.
nant influence OF protection, which
had made this mother so great
Why should we changel-S. Bas-
sett French.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Death Of James Beresford Hcpe,

A London dispatch announces
the death of Right Hon. Alexander
James Beresford Hope, liberal con-
servative member of Parliament
tor Cambridge University. His gilt
to Virginia iD 1875 of a statue to
Gen. Stonewall jackson has made
his name especially familiar to the
people of this State. The deceas.
ed was born in 1920 and was dis
tingulshed az an Archaeological. pol
iticlan and author. He has written
largely on church architecture and
policy, and was the author Of sew.
eral successful novels. As the pro.
prietor of the SATURDAY Rcrie,c he
exerted great influence upon the
politics OF his day. Since 1868 he
has represented Cambridge in Par.
lament, having previously repre-.
scented other constituencies. lie
was a wealthy man, having an in.
come Of $4,000 a year and large
properties IN London and elsewhere.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28

With all his native intellect and
skill as an orator it seemed never
to have occurred to him that it was
Thomas jefferson, after whom he
was doubtless named, that express
ed the wish in one of his most fa-
nous public document so that
the Atlantic Ocean was a wall of
fire through which no vessel carry
ing foreign trade could pass, Tom
seemed to forget for the time that
the Lord was never as kind TO the
British as he was to the Jews OF
Jacob; for though he rolled back
the waters of the Red sea, to let the
PharOah driven hosts pass with an
accepted predestination that only
two should reach the promised
land, Jefferson never feared that
his prayer for fiery pillows would
make a passage way for foreign
commerce and the products of for
eign pauper labor to be brought in
competition with our own, In fact,
Tom did not have the average APP
PROBATION OF a prOvidential good
ness in conducting the trail and
primitive barque of Columbus to
new an undiscovered country that
was to develop civilization, chris
tianity and irrevocably fix in the
minds of the people the principles
OF self protection.
The principles of governmental,
personal AMI religious liberty had
their birth here, and the vagaries
of Whitehead will never accom-
plish the purpose of electing SmOOt
and Magruder.
1t only remains to be told that
the,people OF Page who were crazed
with a name have not yet found a
man they wanted as a candidate
for the House of Delegates.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
DR.. FRANK KINGS LETTER OF ACCEPT
AhCE.
VAN buren, FURNACE, VA,
October 18th, 1887.

/
To the Voters of the 10th Senatorial
District:
GENTLEMEN have just been
Informed of my nomination by the
New Market Convention for the p0-
sitiOn of State Senator. With the
highest appreciation of this express.
sion of your confidence and respect
| can can but regret that your
choice had not fallen upon some
one else but the time is now TO-
short to make changes, and sense
of duty cOnstrans me to accept the
nomination.
AS the position CONES to me m.
asked and unsougb'c, so accept it.,
with no promise, except, il
elected, to do ny duty as a con
sciencious, thorough Republican
and Virgin ana Republican from
the organ zation of the party ard
who has voted for every Dominee
from tIat time down to James G..
Blairie, and who hopes to live to
vote for him again, or whoever may
he the nominee of the party in 1888,
when no laundering Burchard can
prevent Republican triumph.
l stand squarelv upon the Plat
form of the National Republican
party as laid down at the Cbicago
convention ; a platform that can
be condensed into very few words,
viz. Equal rights for every man,
equal education for every Child, and
the fullest protection for American
labor and every American iOdOstry.
am in favor Of the abolition of
tue entire Internal Revenue system
"A war measure that should Dave
been long since abolished, aId not
retained merely to make positions
for political favOrites.
The State debt | view as purely
a business matter tOat should be
settled by business men as speedily
az possible, and not made a political
football between the parties.
By every rule and principle of
law and equity, the State of VisgiOia
has just and valid claim upon the
Federal Government for the pay.
ment of every dollar of her debt,
and that Government should pay
it. We ceded the territory of
nearly five of our largest and rich.
est States without compensation
and our demand being so just aud
valid, the time will come. ia my
opinion, when the Federal Govern
ment must recognize it and come
to the relief OF oar Safe aOd people.
Thanking you again for the honor
you have bestowed upon me, l re-
main, Your obedlent servant,
FRANK KING.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Joint Debate In Virginia.
Especial 10 the Biltimore Americ

Especial 10 the Biltimore Amefican'J
LURAY, VA, October PHO
day was great one Tor the Repub-
leans OF Page county. Seoator
iiddleberger met Colonel White
head, Democrat, in joint dlcossion,
and copple'ely demolished him.
While tue discussion was going on
in the court house between Colonel
Whitehead a1d Senator Riddleber-
ger DR.. King, the Republican nomi.
nee for State Senator, add Colonel
Hubbard spoke 10 large audience
10 the court bonse yard. Page
county can be cornted as giviag
$50 majority tor the Republican
ticket.